I don't have any pictures of the races, but I do have the more important pictures :

Finally back in home, it was a long (read: slow) drive with the trailer but it was really worth it. Such a fantastic event!

Kevin and the rest of the guys you did a fantastic job putting all of this togheter!

I'll post some of my photos when I get back home from work, but I hope Kimmo will post his soon!

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Originally posted by Kevin Thomassen:
Endurance Results

Whoa, 73 cones! Could've been some sort of record but Berlin beat us with 85 ;-)

Back home, tired as hell. I uploaded my shots to here:
http://hirppa.kuvat.fi/kuvat/FSAE/08_08_31-DUTch-Open/
I have to appologize that there aren't that many pics and most of them have something to do with Helsinki's cars or team. Actually what comes to content, the pics above have a lot more to offer than any of my shots. If you know what I mean..

Competition was splendid. In many ways 10 times bigger than any Baltic Open has ever been but still it had the same feeling to it.
Thanks a lot to Kevin and all the guys and girls at Delft!

I would like to thank the people who have put this great event together. What better way is there to start a new school year than with a race!

I also want to thank the team working on the DUT08 car to put it back on the track after the problem with the engine! The car was so quick and well prepared.

Thanks for sharing these great pictures, Kimmo!

I totally forgot about my absolut favorite picture of the DUTch Open 2008... her it is:

@ Kimmo, nice pictures, is it possible to get them on cd?

Tomorrow I can upload full resolution versions as zip-file to that site. I'll inform when I do so.

Michael, that is a sweet picture! Too bad I never got the chance to take photos of those girls with our car...

Two videos that I found on my memory card...

Bus ride back from the club
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Eb9I8n4Dc

Self-explanatory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35tY7-Nahyw

I just want to thank all of the teams that participated to the event. Yes off course we put in a lot of effort organizing it, but you guys made the event to what it actually was. We had great driving, lot's of team spirit, a great joy and most of all an inspiration that came to mind. I actually sat down some time after the endurance realizing what just happened, and I felt just so happy and satisfied. Just great to see so many of you guys enjoying a great weekend, with a lot of great racing and a very open mind towards one another. I must say we hadn't even imagined such a great event as organisers. It was you guys who made the final touch and I really appreciate the kind words I got on the party about the successful organisation. I hope we can welcome you next time around!

For now I am just awaiting more pictures and more vids. Since I was out there with a green flag in my hand most of the time I did not get to see all that went on. Anyhow, I am looking forward to the next Dutch Open and the next Baltic Open for sure!

Cheers,
Tom

You guys know how to throw it down....wish I were there.

The amount of cars showing up at a small, novice event below sea level was amazing.. Almost 20 cars at the start of the DUTchOpen was far better than the organisation could have imagined a year ago.

Thanks to the "fat Belgian guy", who came up with this good idea (together with TomF?)

The weather was ideal for racing purposes, nice and sunny! The weatherforecasts were talking about "The 3 day summer of 2008". We all known the chances for rain are a lot bigger below sea level .

The DUT06 did not do that well, in spite of working hard the week before to get the car in good condition.. A failing cooling system probably wrecked the big-end bearing, because this was the result (mind the clearance..)



Therefore I had to watch the endurance instead of driving it.....

If we invite Yamaha next time, maybe ask them to take some spare parts with them, because it was a very expensive weekend for Powertrain and Electronics...

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Originally posted by Sebastiaan:
I don't have any pictures of the races, but I do have the more important pictures :

Looks like the FSG Mahle Party need some modifications!

Really would like to come, but unfurtunately work keep me busy and the desk is full of them.

Where will be the baltic Open 2009?

Frank

+1....

Looks like you had a lot of fun there! It's a pity we couldn't come.....

Frank, I would've never thought of saying this about a party with free beer but indeed there is a way to make the Mahle party better!

Next Baltic Open organiser isn't yet decided but I guess Finland is at the top of that list of nominees. There's nowadays five teams within 400km (last time only two) so that's one good reason for that.

I put the full sized pics to here:

http://hirppa.kuvat.fi/DUTch_Open/

Uploading will take over an hour so hold your horses. The file should be around 436MB when fully uploaded. Because of its pretty large size, I may have to delete it from there after a while.

We were also talking about doing a Baltic Open with races in 3 different countries. We would start in Stockholm for scrutineering and maybe one dynamic event, then hop on the ferry with all cars and trucks and head over to Talinn for another event. The boats leaves at like 6 pm and gets to the destination about 12 hours later, great for sleeping (um, and partying). With a trailer filled with machines we would still have the same possibilities for repairing cars etc. as we would in a normal workshop. After an event in Tallinn we would jump on the boat to Helsinki for the endurance event.

It would be quite the challenge to organize it I guess. But anyways I believe we should put together a "board" of people (from different teams) to organize the competition (wherever it will be held) as it without doubt will be at least the same size as this year. For teams with not as many members as Delft it may be hard to organize such a big event. Thoughts, comments?

Hi Henning,

Sounds like an idea, if you need people to help just give me a call.
Maybe we can start a tour of Formula Student Classics. Let the world know what engineering is.
Still need some sleep after this weekend, can't believe what we did and specially what the other teams did, such some good TEAM work. This is good for the future.

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Originally posted by Frank "Ruska" Roeske:

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Originally posted by Sebastiaan:
I don't have any pictures of the races, but I do have the more important pictures :

Hope to see your team next year Frank, should be great if you involve the Baltic Open 2009

Congratulations to all the teams. Our predecessors said that it was a really well organized event and a lot of fun. So well done guys.
Unfortunately we could not manage to come with the jr08 because of internships of all our team members.
So next year we will try to manage to go to the baltic open. :-)

@Frank:
The Mahle Party just needs some optimization.;-) It is unbelievable great. But at 4 o'clock in the morning it would be nice to see such girls in the vicinity of the Helsinki Sauna!:-)
I would know someone who could do all this stuff during FSG....Maybe you can talk to the redshirts.

Henning, BO-committee isn't such a bad idea. In fact some of our guys have thought about it already several years ago.
I guess it would include only emailing and not physical meetings. Teams could join in after participating Baltic Open (and DUTch Open) for few times.

Baltic Open in three different countries would be awesome. But as we spoke at Zoetermeer, the cost of this competition could rise up to "FSUK"-level. Although, if we could get e.g. Tallink-Silja shipping company as a sponsor for this event, the costs could come down dramatically. Skid-Pad in Stockholm, Acceleration on boat to Tallinn, Sprint at the A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn and Endurance in Helsinki. After party on a boat back to Stockholm to fulfil the triangle. Then again, would there be any sober drivers to drive in all three cities is another question..